Jonathan Jennings (1784-1834)

Birthplace

 Hunterdon County, N.J.

Occupation

 Lawyer
Congressional Service Delegate (Indiana Terr.), 1809-1816

House (none-Indiana), 1822-31

Newspaper
Vincennes Western Sun, 1807-1808

Federal appointments
Clerk to receiver of public money, Ind. Territory
Assistant clerk, House of Reprsentatives, Indiana Territory
Commissioner to negotiate cessions of Indian land, 1818 & 1832

Other offices
President of Indiana constitutional convention, 1816
First governor of Indiana, 1816-22

Notes
Supposedly defeated for re-election in 1830 because of a severe drinking problem made worse by life in Washington, D.C.
Unusually, most of the available biographical sketches explicitly state that Jennings's politics were personal rather than partisan.
Links
Indiana Historical Bureau bio page
His grave

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